hole in one
the jealous glares
at the queen

dad offers me pizza
I tell him
what I've done

shopping with mom
I grab
the expensive food

fingers gracefully
sliding down my back
I'm sorry

gorgeous fall day
i float away
to Bob Marley

last warm day
spent with friends
hitting a ball

white t-shirt
the same one
worn yesterday

walking down
a dusty sidewalk:
hard-hats only

"Kids!"
when did I
stop turning my head.

a pill vial
in the bottom of a drawer
I don't tell him at first

cracking skin
the bugs gnaw away
at paper

first date
pasta and corn
home cooked

I bounce the baby
she weeps
without knowing why

something needs to change
my big blue eyes
my biggest judge

plastic pumpkins
swinging as children
walk down the street

math major
can't make things
add up

October wind
chills my bones
the walk home

bowl on the stoop
full of sweets
only take one please

pulling on my jeans
I think about my values
what they used to be

monkey paw
holding her sister's
inheritance

fall breeze through
the archways
liquor doesn't freeze

time; so much to kill
or never enough
Goldilocks

the fairy gasped
my father died
different novels

late night pizza
gossiping over
the pepperoni

new parents—
shiny fishbowl
and colored gravel

dark funnel clouds
surrounding a cornfield
hail on my windshield

my only friend
the shadow
on the distant path

digging into
my back
train tracks

night rain
laughing
in the stuffy car

moon pulled
lasso'd from
the backseat window